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Postmodern fiction presents a challenge to the reader: instead of enjoying it passively, the reader has to work to understand its meanings, to think about what fiction is, and to question their own responses. Yet this very challenge makes postmodern writing so much fun to read and rewarding to study. Unlike most introductions to postmodernism and fiction, this book places the emphasis on literature rather than theory. It introduces the most prominent British and American novelists associated with postmodernism, from the 'pioneers', Beckett, Borges and Burroughs, to important post-war writers such as Pynchon, Carter, Atwood, Morrison, Gibson, Auster, DeLillo, and Ellis. Designed for students and clearly written, this Introduction explains the preoccupations, styles and techniques that unite postmodern authors. Their work is characterized by a self-reflexive acknowledgement of its status as fiction, and by the various ways in which it challenges readers to question common-sense and commonplace assumptions about literature.

American literature --- English literature --- anno 1980-1989 --- anno 1960-1969 --- anno 1950-1959 --- anno 1970-1979 --- Littérature anglaise --- --Postmodernisme --- --Fiction --- Postmodernism (Literature) --- History and criticism --- Fiction --- History and criticism. --- 820-31 "19" --- Engelse literatuur: novel; roman--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 820-31 "19" Engelse literatuur: novel; roman--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- Modernism (Literature) --- Post-postmodernism (Literature) --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Postmodernisme --- Fiction - 20th century̨ - History and criticism --- Postmodernisme et littérature --- Roman anglais --- Roman américain --- 20e siècle --- Histoire et critique